Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on August 8, 2007
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007 99(16):1218-1219; doi:10.1093/jnci/djm125
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Peering Past Exhibitor Displays at Meetings
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Anyone who has attended a major medical conference knows that the exhibit hall can be elaborate, to say the least. Some booths, at more than 5,000 sq. ft., exceed the size of most houses, with plush carpet and espresso machines to match. Exhibit halls fill rooms the size of stadiums. It sometimes seems out of control. So what is the role of these displays in the meeting and who regulates them?
To find out, the Journal asked a variety of medical organizations—the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Association